Author Guidelines
When preparing a manuscript, the authors should adhere to the following rules developed based on the guidelines of Russian and international associations and organizations, as well as the principles and rules of COPE ( Committee on Publication Ethics ), ORI ( the Office of Research Integrity ), CSE ( Council of Science Editors ), EASE ( European Association of Sciene Editors ), recommendations of ASEP ( Association of Science Editors ) and the requirements of the Higher Attestation Commission ( Higher Attestation Commission ). When preparing this section, GOST R 7.0.7-2009 SIBID. Articles in journals and article collections. Publishing design was used.
The structure of an original research paper should correspond to the template below, which can be changed depending on the type of work. Thus, a manuscript reporting a practical case may be accompanied by appendixes. The translation of metadata is carried out by professional translators, the Journal’s partners.
The manuscript (in Russian) includes the following structural elements:
- The Article title describing the topic of the articles and its main goal. The title should be original and short.
- The Author’s names in Russian in the following order: name, patronymic (second name), surname. E.g. Pavel Sergeevich Ivanov, Nina Petrovna Ivanova.
- The Author’s affiliations include the official name of the institution (without abbreviations), followed by the city and the country. In the case of multiple affiliations, the authors’ names and the corresponding affiliations are correlated by numeric indexes in the upper case.
- The Abstract (200-250 words) should be informative and consistently describe a) the relevance and purpose of the study; b) the methodology used; c) the main results obtained; d) a brief conclusion and research implications.
- Keywords should reflect the main statements, achievements, results, terminology of scientific research. The recommended number of keywords is 7-10 words.
- The Acknowledgments indicates all sources of research funding, as well as acknowledging assistance or encouragement from colleagues, special work by technical staff participated in the work on the article, not being its authors. Participation in the work on the article implies: recommendations for improving the research, providing space for research, departmental control, obtaining financial support, etc.
- The Conflict of interest is defined as a condition under which people come into internal conflict or when there are competing interests that can affect an editorial decision. Conflicts of interest can be potential or perceived, as well as actually existing. Objectivity can be affected by different factors including personal, political, financial, scientific or religious. The author must notify the editor of an existing or potential conflict of interest. When conflicts of interest are absent, this fact must also be explicitly stated. For example: “The authors declare no conflict of interest”.
- The Article body should contain logical sections. Empirical research articles follow the IMRAD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion):
a) The Introduction describes the relevance of the research and formulates the main research problem. In this part, the theoretical and practical significance of the research is indicated. A review of the literature on the problem under consideration is conducted.
b) The Aim of the study is formulated.
c) The Methodology section describes the process of organizing the experiment, the methods applied, the equipment used; provides detailed information about the object of study; indicates the sequence of research and justifies the choice of methods used (observation, survey, testing, experiment, laboratory experience, analysis, modelling, etc.).
d) The Results section describes the results of the study with sufficient degree of completeness so that the reader could trace its stages and assess the validity of the conclusions made by the author. The results presented in the article should be compared with previous works in this area both by the author and other researchers.
e) The Discussion section summarizes the main thoughts and compares the results obtained with the purpose indicated at the beginning of the work.
f) In the Conclusion part, the results of the investigation are summarized, conclusions, generalizations and recommendations arising from the work are made, their practical significance is emphasized, and main directions for further research in this area are outlined.
e) The Reference list contains all the scientific sources mentioned and cited in the text. This list demonstrates the author's full understanding of the results obtained by previous researchers – both domestic and foreign. It is recommended to include references to sources indexed in international databases (e.g. Scopus, Web of Science)).
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- The references in the Reference list are placed alphabetically and should correspond to in-text references given in square brackets [Author year: page].
- The Reference lists should include peer-reviewed sources (i.e. articles from scientific journals and monographs) mentioned in the text of the article.
- Dissertations, textbooks, study guides, methodological aids, abstracts, collections of scientific papers, GOSTs, information from websites, statistical reports, articles in socio-political newspapers and on websites and blogs should not be included in the Reference list. Such information should be provided as footnotes.
- Unnecessary self-citation should be avoided, except for the cases when it is deemed necessary (e.g., when there are no other sources of information, or when the actual work is a continuation of the previous study). Self-citation should be limited to no more than three references to works that are directly related to the published research.
- DOIs to the cited sources should be provided wherever possible.
All sources in the bibliographic list (in Russian) should be arranged in accordance with GOST R 7.0.5-2008. See: sample.
- Figures provided should be of good quality and at a resolution suitable for printing. All figures must be accompanied by captions.
Figures should be numbered in Arabic numerals according to the order of appearing in the text. When the text features only one figure, it is not numbered.
Figures should be referenced in the text as follows: “Fig. 3 indicates that ...” or “It is indicated that ... (see. Fig. 3)”.
The caption should be centered and include the sequential number of the figure and its title. A full stop does not appear after the caption.
- Tables should be of good quality and editable. All tables must have appropriate titles. Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals according to the order they appear in the text. When the text features only one table, it is not numbered. Tables should be referenced in the text as follows: “Table 3 displays ..." or “It is shown that ... (see Table 3)”. The title of the table should be centered and include the sequential number of the table and its title. No full stop appears after a table caption.
- Photos, screenshots and similar illustrations should be uploaded separately in a special section of the submittion form as *.jpeg, *.bmp and *.gif files (*.doc and *.docx format should be used if notes are attached to the additional images). The resolution of the image should be 300 dpi or greater. Image files must be assigned a name corresponding to the figure number in the text. In the description of the file, you should provide a separate caption, which should match the title of the photo placed in the text.
- Footnotes are numbered with Arabic numerals and positioned at the bottom of the page to which they apply. Footnotes can include: links to anonymous sources on the Internet, links to textbooks, tutorials, GOSTs, statistical reports, articles in social and political newspapers and magazines, author's abstracts, dissertations (if there is no way to quote articles published on the results of a dissertation study), as well as author's comments.
- Contact Information (of all the authors)
a) full name;
b) academic degree, academic title, position, structural unit and full name of the organization (main place of work);
c) postal work address (with zip code and country), e-mail address;
d) ORCID identifier (more details here: http://orcid.org/), eLibrary SPIN-code (more details here: http://elibrary.ru/projects/science_index/author_tutorial.asp), ResearcherID (if available), ScopusID (if available).
